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Example Sentences

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It’s hard to walk during the day between Hill and Broadway without feeling like you’re walking in the backdrop of a movie, like a camera from above is about to come in focus and people will appear out of nowhere and set the place into action.

From Los Angeles Times

Other senior members of the administration said the U.S.-Israeli forces had already mostly achieved their goals, but that bombing was also about to be stepped up.

From MarketWatch

"Those whose contracts are about to end... they really want to go home," he said of his fellow sailors.

From Barron's

Whenever somebody stares at Sasha-Jay Davies in a supermarket, she panics, thinking they recognise her face and are about to confront her.

From BBC

Some banks are offering five-year CDs paying 4% or above — and based on the action in the bond markets, such opportunities are about to get better, not worse.

From MarketWatch